In 2018, the Tilburg School of Humanities changed its name to ‘Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences’. Yet how do we envision the relation between the digital and the humanities? In what terms do we think about the human as we move toward a culture of big data, distributed AI, convergence, and globalization? Can we think of ways to use computational approaches to help further goals like equality, diversity, social justice, and well-informed citizens?

On June 23 and 24, Tilburg University organizes a two-day symposium that brings together scholars from a range of disciplines, including Philosophy, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cultural, Literary and Media Studies, Communication and Information Sciences, and Cognitive Science, to engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on these matters. The event includes a range of talks as well as a couple of interactive workshops on key methodological tools for Digital Humanities research.

You are all cordially invited to attend this symposium, to learn from each other, and to exchange ideas and experiences, both in terms of methodology and content, in the broader context of the challenges that we are facing as humans in the digital age.